{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-deeds-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-deeds-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/28",
  "legislation_title": "Registration of Deeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-deeds-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Statement of common search and certificate of negative search",
  "text": "(1) The statement to be issued on the completion of a common search shall be in Form 19 and the certificate to be issued on the completion of a negative search shall be in Form 20.\n(2) The particulars of each memorial set forth in that statement or certificate shall contain the same particulars as an abstract under regulations 8 and 21(2) and the particulars so set forth of each document relating to a matrimonial charge shall contain—\n(a) the name of the person against whom the charge is registered;\n(b) the name of the person in whose favour the charge is registered;\n(c) the identification of the dwelling house affected by the charge; and\n(d) the nature of the document and its date of registration and serial number.\n(3) Where—\n(a) a note has been made pursuant to Article 3(6) of the Property (Discharge of Mortgage by Receipt) (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 that a receipt has been given in satisfaction of a mortgage; or\n(b) an order charging land has been cancelled pursuant to Article 132(1) of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981,\nany statement of the result of a common search or certificate of the result of a negative search which includes details of such mortgage or order shall include reference to the relevant satisfaction or cancellation.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 24 in operation at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/766 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/28",
      "affecting_title": "Registration of Deeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/28/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:08.039983+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}